Avnet provides business partners in the U.S. and Canada with a new way to quickly deploy hybrid environments for their customers
Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, announced today that it is now
offering VMware
on IBM
Cloud through the Avnet
Cloud Marketplace to deliver a first-class hybrid cloud experience.
This offering leverages VMware
and IBM’s recent strategic partnership designed to help enterprises
take better advantage of the cloud’s speed and economics. It allows
Avnet’s partners, initially in the U.S. and Canada, to enable their
customers to easily extend their existing workloads from their
on-premises software-defined data centers (SDDC) to the cloud.
VMware solutions on the IBM Cloud purchased through the Avnet Cloud
Marketplace offers greater flexibility for Avnet partners and their
customers. Pricing on this IBM offering enables better budgeting for
software spend, so customers pay only for what they use while solving
the data location and management problems they constantly face. Current
Avnet/SoftLayer partners can gain access to VMware technologies through
their existing Avnet/SoftLayer agreements. For new partners, it is as
simple as establishing an Avnet/SoftLayer relationship through the Avnet
Cloud Marketplace. It’s never been easier for VMware customers to
establish their own hybrid cloud environments.
“VMware solutions on the IBM Cloud represents a significant milestone
because it brings two industry giants together to deliver the next
generation of hybrid cloud computing solutions for the benefit of our
partners,” said Tony Madden, senior vice president and supplier business
executive, Avnet Technology Solutions, Global. “By delivering the
solution through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace, we will help accelerate
the adoption of the enterprise hybrid cloud, taking full advantage of
IBM Cloud’s global scale and footprint. This new offering enables our
partners to help their customers easily embrace the cloud while
preserving their existing investments and creating new business
opportunities.”
“This alliance enables partners to operate a seamless cloud experience
for their customers that spans hybrid environments. Regardless of where
customers are running their workloads – on-premises in their own data
centers or in the IBM Cloud – their hybrid environments run on a
consistent stack of VMware software components,” said David Wilson, vice
president, IBM Cloud Business Partners and Channel Innovation. “VMware
partners can now take advantage of IBM Cloud’s growing footprint of over
45 data centers worldwide (16 countries) to power their customers’
deployments on IBM’s bare-metal hardware infrastructure service in a
flexible, cost-efficient way through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace.”
Additionally, partners can rely on Avnet’s 30+ years of in-depth IBM
expertise and more than a decade of experience developing VMware-based
solutions. They can also draw upon the expertise of the Avnet
Cloud Solutions team to help them and their customers transform IT
with data center automation and cloud solutions that embrace new
consumption models and enable services delivery. Avnet’s cloud team has
developed deep expertise and extensive cloud
capabilities through its role in deploying more than 900,000
workloads in the cloud in the past two years alone across a range of
public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Download
the IDC white paper highlighting how the longstanding partnership
between Avnet and IBM is helping business partners transform and succeed
in the cloud market. Also, check out this informative new
video on the Avnet Cloud Marketplace.
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About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and design to disposal, Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT)
accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology
globally by providing them with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative
products, services and solutions. Avnet is a Fortune 500 company with
revenues of $27.9 billion for the fiscal year 2015. For more
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